Make an Asparagus Juice
Description
Juice shots are a fantastic way to consume high-quality, concentrated liquid nutrition.
When have you ever sat down and eaten a whole bunch of raw asparagus?
Asparagus is readily available and inexpensive to buy yet it is a powerhouse healing vegetable and great for making juice shots.
People have been searching for the fountain of youth for centuries. Far and wide they’ve traveled, seeking that magical spring flowing from the ground that will preserve good health. Well, that anti-aging wonder is asparagus! When we eat or juice young asparagus shoots, their young, youthful, growing energy is transferred to us.
Asparagus is also one of the most adrenal-supporting foods in existence and excellent for helping to bring you back to life when your adrenal glands have been pushed to the max.
High in very easily absorbable B vitamins. When we’re under immense stress, we tend to lose B vitamins very rapidly. Asparagus helps us reestablish our proper levels of these key nutrients.
Asparagus also alkalizes the body by flushing out unproductive acids. It is high in Glutathione essential for the immune system’s proper functioning and is vital in building and repairing tissue.
The list goes on and on but all you have to do is juice them!
Taste
Asparagus has a subtle sweet-bitter taste combined with an earthy grass-like herbal flavour.
Ingredients
1 bunch asparagus
Juicing Time: 1 min
Juice Qty: 100 ml
Serves: 2
Preparation
Asparagus
Juice Whole
No preparation required
I bought 3 bunches and the average bunch weight was 190 grams.
Method
Asparagus juices really easy, especially if the stalks are fresh.
Add the asparagus stalk into the chute in bunches of 2 or 3 stalks. Let the juicer push the stalks through before adding more.
Tip: juice 3 bunches at a time and store the extra juice in a glass bottle with an air-tight silicone lid. The juice will last 3 – 4 days and you can have one or two shots every day.
Health Benefits
Asparagus
The asparagus plant is rich in the compound amino acid asparagine a natural diuretic that breaks up oxalic and uric acid crystals stored in muscles and in the kidneys and eliminates them through the urine. This is where asparagus gets its name.
Asparagus contains aspartic acid which is another amino acid that neutralizes excess amounts of ammonia in the body that is often the cause of exhaustion, headaches, and poor digestion
It is also high in glutathione which is an antioxidant powerhouse and particularly beneficial for those suffering from autoimmune conditions, liver disease, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Ginger
Ginger is one of the world’s oldest and most popular medicinal spices. It is known to greatly aid in digestion and assimilation and is widely regarded to help prevent colds, flu, motion sickness, and vertigo.
Ginger is like every's favourite Auntie (anti). Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-spasmodic, anti-nausea, anti-bacterial.
Ginger will support your overall immune system, so is great to use during the winter months, to help fight off colds. Gingerols in ginger cause a rapid and noticeable widening of the blood vessel walls and in turn helps to enhance circulation and also lower blood pressure.
Enjoy!